Peirce’s Woods, Longwood Gardens
This seven-acre area has been developed as an "art form" garden that brings together the most ornamental characteristics of the eastern deciduous forest. Under the high branches of oak, ash, maple and tulip trees, sweeps of native shrubs and native ground cover plantings carpet the woodland floor, punctuated by flowering understory trees. Various "rooms" have been created within the woods, with emphasis on native deciduous azaleas blooming from early spring to summer. The concept of using native plants to create the woodland garden as an art form is one of the first such projects in any public garden.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Hydrangea arborescens | Smooth Hydrangea Wild Hydrangea Sevenbark | |
Ilex opaca | American Holly White Holly Prickly Holly Evergreen Holly Christmas Holly Yule Holly | |
Ilex verticillata | Common Winterberry Winterberry Michigan Holly Black Alder | |
Jeffersonia diphylla | Twinleaf | |
Leucothoe axillaris | Coastal Doghobble Coast Leucothoe | |
Lindera benzoin | Northern Spicebush Spicebush Wild Allspice | |
Liatris spicata | Dense Blazing Star Dense Gayfeather Dense Liatris Marsh Blazing Star Marsh Gayfeather Marsh Liatris | |
Luzula acuminata | Hairy Woodrush | |
Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Sweetbay Magnolia Southern Sweetbay Swampbay Swamp Magnolia Sweet Magnolia Small Magnolia Laurel Magnolia White Bay White Laurel Swamp Laurel Beaver Tree | |
Osmunda regalis | Royal Fern | |
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